Police searching for more suspects in shootout (UPDATED: 7:55 p.m.)

STOCKTON – Police are searching for more suspects in a shootout near August Knodt Elementary School that occurred around 6:20 this evening.

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By The Record

Posted Jul. 10, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Updated Jul 10, 2013 at 8:50 PM

By The Record

Posted Jul. 10, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Updated Jul 10, 2013 at 8:50 PM

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STOCKTON – Police are searching for more suspects in a shootout near August Knodt Elementary School that occurred around 6:20 this evening.

Police were trying to make a traffic stop of a Nissan Altima when the occupants got out of the car and shot at them with a high-powered assault rifle, according to Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the police department.

Police pursued them onto the campus and returned fire, wounding at least one suspect, who has been transported to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries. A condition is not known. Two other suspects are in custody. Police think there may be at least one more in hiding.

The Stockton SWAT team is staging at the school, and police are focusing on a rooftop on campus near William Moss Boulevard and Violet Cheng Place.

A Sheriff's Office helicopter is aiding the search, and dozens of emergency vehicles from Stockton Police, the Sheriff's Office, Stockton Fire Department and American Medical Response are on the scene.

Read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Jason Anderson.